The Flageolet is an organ stop belonging to the flute group of flue pipes. It is usually found in 2-feet pitch, and more rarely 1-feet pitch. The tone is generally soft in character.
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Flageolet (disambiguation) — Flageolet has several meanings:* Flageolet (woodwind instrument) * Flageolet bean * Flageolet register * Flageolet tone, a tone of string instruments. * Flageolet (organ stop) ** Natural flageolet ** Artificial flageolet … Wikipedia
flageolet — 1. n. 1 a small flute blown at the end, like a recorder but with two thumb holes. 2 an organ stop having a similar sound. Etymology: F, dimin. of OF flag(e)ol f. Prov. flajol, of unkn. orig. 2. n. a kind of French kidney bean. Etymology: F … Useful english dictionary
List of pipe organ stops — For audio examples, please see the article on organ stops. An organ stop can mean one of three things: the control on an organ console that selects a particular sound the row of organ pipes, used to create a particular sound, more appropriately… … Wikipedia
English horn — Synonyms and related words: Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel,… … Moby Thesaurus
bassoon — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel … Moby Thesaurus
clarinet — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel … Moby Thesaurus
oboe — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean, cromorna,… … Moby Thesaurus
piccolo — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean, cromorna,… … Moby Thesaurus
flute — flutelike, adj. /flooht/, n., v., fluted, fluting. n. 1. a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute,… … Universalium
piccolo — /pik euh loh /, n., pl. piccolos. a small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute. [1855 60; < It: lit., small] * * * ▪ musical instrument in full flauto piccolo (Italian: “small flute”), highest pitched woodwind instrument of… … Universalium
